Ecco partner claims ‘step forward’ in shoe customisation
03/04/2018
The project, which is known as QUANT-U (‘quantified you’), provides a full digital analysis of a consumer’s foot structure and the way they move in just a few minutes. This allows for a shoe tailored to their specific requirements to be created in just a few hours.
“It opens the door to a new generation of customised footwear for the mass market,” CDP has said.
A key element in the analysis of the foot is a wearable sensor embedded in the soles of the test shoes.This device collects a range of data using gyroscopes, pressure sensors and accelerometers to create a unique digital footprint. This information can then be translated into geometries for in-store 3D printing of shoes based on an individual’s biomechanical and orthotic parameters.
CDP has said it worked with Ecco to create the first prototype of the wearable sensor in less than four months. An in-built algorithm is used to filter the raw biomechanical data it picks up into functional information.
This is then used to generate the input parameters for a 3D-printed customised midsole, which can be produced in around two hours.
During the pilot phase of the project, the customised midsole will be paired with Ecco’s Flexure shoe. An initial public release of the project will take place at Ecco’s W-21 concept shoe store in Amsterdam in April.
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